museum-of-artifacts:

Horses of Saint Mark – ancient Roman statues looted from Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade. Looted from Venice by Napoleon in 1797, returned to Venice after the battle of Waterloo. 4th century BC

Source: museum-of-artifacts

oldpaintings:

In the Sierras (Lake Tahoe), 1868 by Albert Bierstadt (German-born American, 1830–1902)

Source: harvardartmuseums.org

EVERY TIME my professor says “Beaufort Sea” I instantly get ‘Northwest Passage’ by Stan Rogers stuck in my head

Source: magstorrn

finally got over my cold enough to feel okay going to work, and the first thing I was told was ‘half the department is out with a terrible stomach flu, sanitize EVERYTHING’

great

indigodreams:

Sea Fever by John Masefield
Newell Convers Wyeth

Source: indigodreams

Perhaps the Editor refuses to share his True Name as he is himself of the Fair folk!

georgiansuggestion:

Gentle Reader–

Preposterous. I am just like Any Ordinary Gentleman with Seemingly Indefatigable Wealth, Unusual Royal Attention, and the Ability to relay Messages Across Time. Do not suggest such Nonsense again.

Yours &tc.,
The Editor

artistsanimals:

Title: Four Boars in a Landscape
Artist: Rosa Bonheur
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 5/8 by 18 1/8 in., 32 by 46 cm
Source: Sothebys.com

marzipanandminutiae:

patbroklos:

Why did we ever stop wearing 18th century clothing

to wear 19th century clothing you Georgian rake

dappledwithshadow:

Dandelions, Vincent van Gogh

1889

Source: dappledwithshadow